Steve graduated from the University of Otago in 1990 and subsequently trained as a specialist ophthalmologist in Dunedin and Christchurch gaining FRANZCO in 2000. He carried out 3 further years of sub-speciality training in the UK.

This included cataract surgery and vitreoretinal surgery.

Steve was appointed as a vitreoretinal and cataract surgeon at Wellington Hospital in 2002.

He regularly consults and operates at Boulcott Hospital.

Steve consults in general ophthalmology conditions with a special interest in:

• Cataract surgery (including monofocal, astigmatism and multifocal implants)
• Retinal and macular surgery (including macular holes, ERMs, retinal detachment)
• Macular degeneration